Violin Sayings

The symbol of an orchestra, the violin has a well deserved first place among the string instruments and not only those but among musical instruments in general. As the old saying reveals" the older the violin, the sweeter the music", the concept is not far from the truth, on the contrary it is indeed confirmed that the older violins do have an even better sound.

However, the queen of musical instruments as it has been called, violin is not necessarily easy to play. It takes some inborn talent and "the ear" for sounds because you must make them yourself unlike playing piano where they are already made.

It is a complex instrument, rewarding and challenging; the more you play, the more you develop your talent and ability. Although your right arm might get tired after a while, the soul is never tired of the sweet sound that echoes and enchants the heart. Expressing a wide range of emotions, from the vibrant joyfulness to a raging storm, violin can skillfully represent all these in an impeccable sound spectacle. It depends on what you want to transmit and of course it does depend on how much you’ve learnt to master this instrument that can be very docile after you’ve come to know it for a while.

The following lines show more sayings and proverbs about violin as seen through the eyes of important personalities, see them for yourself and enjoy!

"Marriage is like a violin. After the music is over, you still have the strings."

"A table, a chair, a bowl of fruit and a violin; what else does a man need to be happy."Albert Einstein

"Violin playing is a physical art with great traditions behind it." Vanessa Mae

"A machine is as distinctively and brilliantly and expressively human as a violin sonata or a theorem in Euclid."

"If it is true that the violin is the most perfect of musical instruments, then Greek is the violin of human thought." Helen Keller

"The thing that influenced me most was the way Tommy played his trombone. It was my idea to make my voice work in the same way as a trombone or violin-not sounding like them, but

"playing" the voice like those instrumentalists." Frank Sinatra

"A poet is a man who puts up a ladder to a star and climbs it while playing a violin." Edmond de Goncourt

"It got to a point where I had to get a hair-cut or a violin" Franklin D. Roosevelt

"Happiness is a thing to be practiced, like the violin." John Lubbock

"Every person is important. It doesn't matter whether you play the violin, the flute, the cello, or the drums, you're still part of the orchestra."

"If we were all determined to play the first violin we should never have an ensemble. Therefore, respect every musician in his proper place." Robert A. Schumann

"I love power. But it is as an artist that I love it. I love it as a musician loves his violin, to draw out its sounds and chords and harmonies." Napoleon Bonaparte

"Singing has always seemed to me the most perfect means of expression. It is so spontaneous. And after singing, I think the violin. Since I cannot sing, I paint." Georgia O'Keeffe

"Life is like playing a violin solo in public and learning the instrument as one goes on." Samuel Butler

"An actor is supposed to be a sensitive instrument. Isaac Stern takes good care of his violin. What if everyone jumped on his violin?" Marilyn Monroe

"A violinist had a violin, a painter his palette. All I had was myself. I was the instrument that I must care for." Josephine Baker

"I was much distressed by next door people who had twin babies and played the violin; but one of the twins died, and the other has eaten the fiddle, so all is peace." Edward Lear

"I inherited a painting and a violin which turned out to be a Rembrandt and a Stradivarius. Unfortunately, Rembrandt made lousy violins and Stradivarius was a terrible painter." Tommy Cooper

"The difference between a violin and a viola is that a viola burns longer." Victor Borge

"The majority of husbands remind me of an orangutan trying to play the violin." Honore de Balzac

"Love is not the dying moan of a distant violin .. it's the triumphant twang of a bedspring" S. J. Perelman